Camping

This is from a river trip I (Dirk) did in November of 2004 in the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande. The trip was for Adventure Club San Antonio, which was my business at the time. It is a trip report written by our friend Marc McCord with Southwest…

We pulled the Wicked camper van away from the campground at Fiordland National Park and headed toward Fox Glacier, located on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Our plan was to visit both Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier; but the weather only allowed us to visit…

We looked inside the Wicked Camper van, and then we looked at each other and shrugged our shoulders. Since our sons had joined us for a couple of weeks in New Zealand, we reminded the representative that we needed a van that would fit all five of us. We…

It took about six months for us to research and acquire all of the camping gear we have with us on this RTW trip. With space in our backpacks at a premium, and weight being critical, it was a task we didn’t want to rush. Fortunately for us, our…

We left Bateman’s Bay and drove about 10 hours to begin our drive along the Great Ocean Road. You can’t spend six weeks in Australia and NOT see the Great Ocean Road. The rock formation The 12 Apostles is worth the trip alone.
Not as Productive or Rested as We’d…

We wanted to make it to Dorrigo National Park by the weekend, and we had a few places to re-visit along the way. We said goodbye to Fraser Island on Thursday morning and took the ferry back to Rainbow Beach so we could start heading south. We returned the 4×4…

We left Brisbane on a Monday afternoon and drove to Rainbow Beach, about a 3-hour drive, so we could rent a 4×4 vehicle to take on the ferry to Fraser Island. Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island and is part of Great Sandy National Park. Jerry and…

Our plan was to drive from Newcastle to Bellingen. We’d heard that, not only is Bellingen a nice little town, but that there are some beautiful waterfalls to explore in the area, especially at Dorrigo.

We stopped in Port Macquarie, another beach town that was on our route, to buy…

G’day from Brunswick Heads, NSW, Australia! We’ve been so on the go since we arrived in Australia, we’ve already fallen behind in our posts. We’ll be bringing you up to speed soon on our adventures in Oz and the amazing people here, but today we thought we’d focus on…